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Mauricio Castro Valdez. My stuff: https://perulainen.com https://castrovaldez.com https://mastodon.social/@perulainen https://pixelfed.social/perulainen

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I will try these out next week. Seems perfect for game development.

20.02.2026 18:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The paradox of political art under fascism is that it is asked to compensate for a failed political opposition while, at the same time, bland statements like "we should be nice to each other" or "I should be allowed to exist" come to be seen as radical and therefore sufficient.

09.02.2026 23:28 πŸ‘ 42 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Zen and Slow Games A deep dive into the reflective modes of playfulness in video games.Slowness and reflectiveness have always been part of the video game medium, though they

The digital version is also available in open access, that is, free!

direct.mit.edu/books/oa-mon...

22.01.2026 14:20 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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Excited to announce that my next book, I AM THE NIGHT, not only has a great cover but is available for pre-order now: us.macmillan.com/books/978125...

12.12.2025 23:18 πŸ‘ 1229 πŸ” 290 πŸ’¬ 56 πŸ“Œ 64
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Oh man. Opening a beer for this.

03.02.2026 16:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Agentic fever / agentic sickness.

I'm now using Claude, ChatGpt and Cursor at work. Thousands of lines of code a day. What am I even doing here?

03.02.2026 16:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
GRAVITY IS FREE: the games of RenΓ© Soriano
GRAVITY IS FREE: the games of RenΓ© Soriano YouTube video by Hollandspiele

I wanted to know who designed an old board game I loved. I found out he made over fifty games he was never credited for, in a career spanning more than three decades.

youtu.be/dTepZ7qM24Q

23.01.2026 18:51 πŸ‘ 173 πŸ” 57 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 14

Dear diary: today I slopped like crazy.

24.01.2026 23:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Finland's the closest I've been to the 1990's internet experience IRL

20.01.2026 14:39 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

IGDA Tampere with my Finnish crew. Beers. For the first time, no games, only stories about the past 4 years. A well played game.

06.01.2026 20:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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After 7 months... I'm officially a Peruvian Master in Game Studies (Estudios de Juegos). Might be the first Peruvian to achieve this (?)

30.12.2025 19:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In Barcelona the pub is only a block away. Less miserable, less unique.

30.12.2025 00:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There's something unique about walking a mile at -20Β° to watch United losing at home to Brentford.

30.12.2025 00:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I've lived in Finland thru the worst Man United seasons (at least since the Prem started). Still haven't missed a prem game (and a pub visit) in the last 4 years.

30.12.2025 00:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Moi moi #tampere pubs. I'll miss the way Manchester United is trolled around here.

30.12.2025 00:01 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

It's been a year, but I'm teaching ethics in videogames again. Every semester we play 3 games that (I believe) are ethically/morally interesting. For this semester I picked the following.... (1/4)

29.12.2025 23:39 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Home - Ludocene Game Discovery Game discovery from people you trust. Ludocene is a free game finder that uses human-researched data to match you with games you'll love.

Ludocene v1.2 is out in time to find your perfect Christmas gift.
🧭 Improved flow
πŸ•ΉοΈGame pages
πŸ”€Hot-keys
πŸ’ŒMonthly Recommendations

BUT! To survive, we need buzz. Now is the time to try it, share it, and maybe even subscribe. Let's not be the best-kept secret.

www.ludocene.com

17.12.2025 16:27 πŸ‘ 76 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 5
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Shining Path: The Struggle for Peru Shining Path is a game simulating the conflict between the Sendero Luminoso or "Shining Path" Maoist guerrillas and the Government of Peru. This guerrilla war started in 1980 and continues ...

Played Shining Path: The Struggle for Peru on 2025-11-25 boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/7337 #bggplay via @boardgamegeek.com

02.12.2025 07:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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For the past decade, I've been slowly cooking a small and humble book.

Part (alternative) history, part analysis, and part social critique, this is a look at what games also are and have always been.

ZEN AND SLOW GAMES
Out 20/1/2026 by MIT Press

mitpress.mit.edu/978026255356...

03.11.2025 16:31 πŸ‘ 133 πŸ” 53 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 9

Bless u

24.10.2025 15:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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20 hour commute ahead.

Goals:

- finish Devil Survivor 2.

24.10.2025 15:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Happy bday Richy!!

24.10.2025 09:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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New #openaccess article in @mobilemediacomm.bsky.social

"Sidetalking: Domesticating Nokia's playful designed identity"

On the Nokia mobile gaming platform: the Nokia NGage, released 2003.

A THREAD.

Download: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

#gamestudies #platformstudies

24.10.2025 08:29 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ahora, en @digraspain.bsky.social inmersiΓ³n como presencia cognitiva simulada. ΒΏCΓ³mo diseΓ±ar juegos de mundo abierto que estimulen estas experiencias cognitivas simuladas en vez de limitarlas?

24.10.2025 08:29 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Reinterpretaciones de los tropos del noir clΓ‘sicos como mecΓ‘nicas de juego. Cosa seria. @digraspain.bsky.social

23.10.2025 14:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
UVigoTV - Canle Directo 2

πŸ“£ Β‘Comienza oficialmente #DigraES25! TenΓ©is acceso al directo aquΓ­: tv.uvigo.es/directo2

22.10.2025 07:24 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Amsterdam in History and Board Games One of the great cities of Europe celebrates its 750th birthday this year – Amsterdam, capital of the Netherlands, famous for tolerance, trade, and tulips. While the earliest settlements in the reg…

ICYMI: Here's my exploration of Amsterdam's history through board games

10.10.2025 21:40 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

1 year #vibecoding and working with #agentic entities (sic). Some side effects:

- complete alienation from coding as "carpentry".
- tiredness, irritability, feeling of being hungover after creating massive artifacts in a short span (ex. a full app in 1 day).

06.10.2025 18:56 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Carapulcra pretty decent

06.10.2025 18:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'm cooking all the Peruvian stews I know using gochujang paste instead of panka chili paste. So far, so good.

06.10.2025 18:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0